MS Dhoni: Biography, Age, Height, Achievements, Family and Career Statistics

The renowned cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a source of inspiration and motivation to many. He is the former and most celebrated captain of the Indian cricket team. It was his guidance and supervision, which led the team towards achieving the World Cup title after 28 years in 2011. He led team India to three ICC trophies (2007 ICC World Twenty20, 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy). 

As a batsman, he was most successful in limited overs cricket, scoring over 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals. Furthermore, he is considered as one of the best finishers in the game. In his 15 years of amazing career, he earned both admiration and fortunes and guided India to win all three ICC tournaments. He is said to be the first Indian wicket-keeper batsman to register 4,000 Test Runs. As well, he is the only skipper to have captained more than 50 matches in all three formats.

The film “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story” (2016) portrays his struggle and journey on the silver screen. Moreover, the news of his retirement prior to 15 August 2020, stunned the Indians and other cricket fans. He is widely recognised for his astonishing “helicopter shot”. 

Biography of MS Dhoni

1. Real Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2. Other/Nickname: Mahi, Captain Cool, Thala
3. Profession: Indian sportsperson
4. Famous for: His excellent and renowned, “Helicopter Shot”
5. Batting: Right-handed
6. Bowling: Right-arm medium
7. Other Hobbies: Biking, Playing Football and Tennis, Swimming

Physical Features of MS Dhoni

1. Height: 175 cm (5’ 9”)
2. Weight: 75 kilograms (approx.)
3. Body Measurements: Chest- 42 inches (approx.), Waist- 32 inches (approx.) and Biceps- 14 inches (approx.)
4. Eye Colour: Dark Brown
5. Hair Colour: Black

Personal Life of MS Dhoni

1. Date of Birth: July 7, 1981
2. Age: 41 years (as in 2022)
3. Nationality: Indian
4. Birthplace: Ranchi, Jharkhand
5. Hometown: Ranchi, Jharkhand
6. School: DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi
7. College: St. Xaviers College, Ranchi, Jharkhand
8. Coach/Mentor: Keshav Banerjee and Chanchal Bhattacharya

MS Dhoni’s Debut

1. ODI – 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh at Chittagong
2. Test – 2 December 2005 against Sri Lanka at Chennai
3. T20 – 1 December 2006 against South Africa at Johannesburg

MS Dhoni’s Achievements

1. Felicitated with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2007
2. Received the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri in 2009
3. Conferred with the Padma Bhushan Award in 2018
4. Declared as MTV Youth Icon of the Year, 2006
5. Acknowledged as the ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009
6. Registered CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Sports, 2011
7. Bagged the ICC Award for Spirit of Cricket in 2011

Family Details of MS Dhoni

1. Marital Status: Married
2. Spouse Name: Sakshi Singh Rawat
3. Parents Names: Father- Pan Singh Dhoni, Mother- Devki Devi
4. Children: Daughter- Ziva
5. Siblings: Brother- Narendra Singh Dhoni, Sister- Jayanti Gupta
6. Religion: Hinduism

Lesser-Known Facts about MS Dhoni

1. As per sources, MS Dhoni was born in a conformist Rajput caste of potentates 
2. He secured around 65% marks in his 10th Board examinations.
3. In the year of 1993, Dhoni was first spotted by K.R Banerjee as a goalkeeper, who was the cricket trainer at his school. Moreover, he later on asked him to try with wicket-keeping
4. In 2002, at a time when Dhoni was working hard in order to secure a place in the Indian cricket team, he fell in love with Priyanka Jha. Unfortunately, Priyanka died in a road accident, in the same year.
5. In the year of 2003, legendary cricketer Sourav Ganguly contacted him to settle in Kolkata. However, Dhoni is said to reject the offer and move back to Bihar, wherein he joined the National Cricket Academy.
6. In 2004, his life took an important turn when he got elected for India “A tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe”, where his performance was extremely good.
7. On 23rd December 2004, Dhoni was out for a duck on his ODI debut against Bangladesh.
8. Not long ago, the former skipper became the first Indian wicketkeeper to effect 400 One Day International dismissals.
9. As the team India were looking for a guide to lead them after Rahul Dravid in 2007, a person who could help the ‘Men in Blue’ achieve all the glory in international cricket. Ultimately, they found that skills and potential in MS Dhoni
10. The former skipper has nine centuries in his ODI career and two of those tons came from batting at the 7th position.
11. Dhoni’s shot to fame was in the shortest format of the game as he captained India in 70 T20I matches and helped them towards registering 41 victories.
12. In T20Is, Dhoni has always been the exceptional finisher, as his spot at number 7 has helped the former captain to reach 1000 runs without scoring a half century.